SuburbanDaddy

Parenting is full of potentially life-altering, important decisions. Today I am faced with one of those crucial, everything rides on it, can’t take the pressure I need a drink kind of decisions.
Thing 3 needs new shoes. His current ones, Spiderman sneakers that light up, are worn and have holes in the [...]

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Thing 4 is getting close to crawling.  She is almost 8 months in this video.  Thing 1 likes to point out that he was crawling at 7.5 months, so she’s doing “pretty good for a girl”.  I’m not really sure he said anything like that, but it would have been funny if he had.  Technically [...]

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First, Thing 4 was sick with a stomach virus over the weekend. She was home sick from daycare Friday and Monday, and her classroom was like a scene from the Exorcist with so many of the kids throwing up.
Next, following his performance in the school concert, Thing 1 got sick in the backseat of [...]

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A simple picture can tell you a lot. With just a little bit of context, this picture gives a lot of information. It was taken last Sunday late in the afternoon when he had just had a bath. Yes, Thing 3 is crying, but it wasn’t because he was hurt.  I can’t [...]

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This morning we turned the clocks back. Fall back, Spring ahead. An extra hour to sleep in, right? Wrong. Not if you are a baby.
After living through this each of the last 6 years, I can confirm that babies will still wake up at the same time no matter what. In [...]

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We just finished putting all 4 kids to bed on a Saturday night. True cause for celebration. I celebrated by doing what I’ve done every night since Halloween – stole a piece of candy from their sizable stash.
Come on, I know you all do the same thing.
Nearly a week after Halloween it’s pretty [...]

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There was a segment on the Today show this morning about the Your Baby Can Read DVD “Early Language Child Development” Program. Apparently, there are parents who, after spending hundreds of dollars on the DVD’s, feel cheated and duped because they believe the program to be a scam. After using the system, their [...]

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A couple of classics to sum up the mood on Monday morning.  Especially on the Monday morning after Halloween.

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